Effect of tidal forcing on a subterranean estuary

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 851-865

  Robinson, C ^a   Li, L ^a,b   Barry, D A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aquifer ocean exchange; Submarine groundwater discharge; Subterranean estuary; Tidal effects

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; SEAWATER; TIDES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CHEMICAL TRANSPORT; SUBTERRANEAN ESTUARY; TIDAL EFFECTS; TIDAL FORCING;

ESTUARIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ESTUARIES; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SEAWATER; TIDES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AQUIFER; COASTAL WATER; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARY; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; NUMERICAL METHOD; SALINE INTRUSION; STRATIFICATION; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TRACER;

EID: 33847224501     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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